Fans drove to Gillette Stadium past a booth selling "Free Tom Brady" T-shirts. Then, when they arrived for the New England Patriots' first training camp practice on Thursday, they let the star quarterback know how they felt. Brady took the field...

It is impossible for an objective observer to choose a side in this fight. Think about Roger Goodell's track record on player suspensions and the process the NFL commissioner took in upholding New England quarterback Tom Brady's four-game suspension...

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady vowed on Wednesday to fight his four-game "Deflategate" suspension, and team owner Robert Kraft opened training camp by saying he continues to "believe and unequivocally support" the...

Tom Brady vowed to fight his four-game suspension for the scandal known as Deflategate, writing Wednesday in a 507-word Facebook post: "I did nothing wrong, and no one in the Patriots organization did either."
Breaking his silence a day after...

Tom Brady had his cellphone destroyed and only the most ardent of Brady apologists would argue today that his credibility in Deflategate wasn't destroyed in the process.Is Brady's legacy as the greatest quarterback in NFL history trashed right along...

As NFL commissioner Roger Goodell upheld Tom Brady's four-game suspension Tuesday, the Carolina Panthers made a small cameo in the 20-page decision and could play an even greater role next month. The Nov. 30 game between the Vikings and Panthers has...

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has upheld New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady's four-game suspension for his alleged involvement in the Deflategate scandal, the league announced Tuesday.
In its ruling, the NFL rejected Brady's...

It sounds as if the referees -- not Tom Brady and the New England Patriots -- will be the biggest victims of the Deflategate controversy.
According to Fox Sports, the NFL will institute several changes this season to ensure footballs...

Chapter 1
Introduction
Everything seemed to be flowing that night. The conversation. The chemistry. The red wine.
In the middle of an unforeseen January whirlwind, John Fox found himself at a familiar haunt — Fleming's in Englewood, Colo. — face to...

Shabazz Napier, ESPN.com reports, is involved in a Florida trade that will send him from the Miami Heat to the Orlando Magic. Napier, who helped UConn to national championships as a freshman and again as a senior, averaged 5.1 points and 2.1 assists in 51...

Eric Dickerson's bespectacled blue and yellow blur of a presence personified Los Angeles Rams football in the early 1980s, so it makes sense the Pro Football Hall of Fame running back would want to see the team back in L.A.
Dickerson told...

On a weekend when perhaps the best pitcher in franchise history is honored at the Baseball Hall of Fame, the Red Sox sent the likes of Steven "Not The Deadpan Comedian" Wright and Noe Ramirez to the mound Saturday at Fenway Park....

The Patriots open camp Wednesday and, of course, everything centers around what Roger Goodell finally rules in regards to QB Tom Brady and Deflategate. They open aginast the Steelers Sept. 10, which is a Thursday and the NFL season opener.
1. How do they...

NFL training camps open this week, and questions abound. Most of the answers will reveal themselves during the next four weeks, when rosters are trimmed and depth charts are solidified.Will Green Bay surpass Seattle as the NFC favorite? The Packers...

The guitar that Bob Dylan used to go electric at the Newport Folk Festival 50 years ago is back in Newport. "Dylan's guitar is home," festival producer Jay Sweet said through a spokeswoman Friday, the opening day of this year's three-day outdoor...

The players' union proposed a settlement on Tom Brady's four-game suspension last week that was "met with silence" by the NFL, a person familiar with the proposal told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Thursday...

On paper, the Ravens don't appear much better than a year ago. There could be arguments that they are worse because of the departure of several key veterans.
But, upon further review, the Ravens might end up being the best team in the AFC.
They will...

Out of habit, Chicago recently reviewed pictures of Jay Cutler and his young son riding the teacups at Holiday World in Cutler's hometown of Santa Claus, Ind., and many probably questioned why the Bears quarterback didn't choose the tilt-a-whirl.
When...